Which Silent Hill games connect?
Origins, Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3 form the connected route. Other games are organised by their own story groups, not an invented single calendar.
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Silent Hill Games in Story Order
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Silent Hill is a collection of connected and standalone horror stories. This guide keeps the Alessa and Heather route together, identifies independent games and separates licensed comics, films and reimaginings.
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The quick answer
The connected route is Origins → Silent Hill → Silent Hill 3. Silent Hill 2, The Room, Homecoming, Downpour and Silent Hill f are separate starting points. Choose a story group using the continuity filter.
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The Silent Hill universe, story by story
Silent Hill is a collection of connected and standalone horror stories. This guide keeps the Alessa and Heather route together, identifies independent games and separates licensed comics, films and reimaginings.
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Story chronology · Core route
List positions organise story groups; they do not imply one universal calendar. Silent Hill f stays in its own branch even though it is set in 1960s Japan. The Silent Hill 2 remake is a version of the original story.
Showing 8 of 23 released stories.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill: Origins
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonTravis Grady’s prequel leads into the original game.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill (1999 · Game)
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonHarry Mason searches for Cheryl.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill 3
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonHeather’s story directly follows the original game.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill 2
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonPlaySilent Hill 2 — 2024 remakeCanonA standalone story. Original and 2024 remake are versions of the same event.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonHenry Townshend and Walter Sullivan’s largely independent story.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonAlex Shepherd’s standalone story in Shepherd’s Glen.
Steam - GameCanon
Silent Hill: Downpour
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonMurphy Pendleton’s standalone story. Anne’s Story runs alongside it.
- GameCanon
Silent Hill f
Direct link to this storyPlayOriginal gameCanonA separate story set in 1960s Japan, not a required prequel to Origins.
Steam
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Silent Hill order guide
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Common Silent Hill order questions
Direct answers based on the same chronology, continuity labels and coverage notes used in the guide.
What order should you experience Silent Hill?
The connected route is Origins → Silent Hill → Silent Hill 3. Silent Hill 2, The Room, Homecoming, Downpour and Silent Hill f are separate starting points. Choose a story group using the continuity filter.
Should you use chronological or release order for Silent Hill?
This universe does not have one useful release-order view across every branch. Follow the chronology and use the continuity filters to keep separate story groups clear.
What does this Silent Hill order guide include?
23 released story records. Adaptations and remakes are grouped as versions where specified. Coverage is current through 22 October 2026.
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Origins → Silent Hill → Silent Hill 3
The Alessa and Heather storyline.
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James, Henry, Alex, Murphy and Hinako each lead a largely independent story.
2006 film → Revelation
Return to Silent Hill is a separate adaptation of Silent Hill 2.
Story versions
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Researched editions and adaptations stay together under one story.
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What anchors this order.
Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.
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